Man Versus Wild or Survivorman?

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  • November 12, 2007 at 7:03 pm #10760
    Tree Top Flyer
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    Bear Grylls or Les Stroud?

    Controversy aside, Bear’s new editing and more “transparent” 2nd Season is winning me over. Les’ 2nd Season to me, was a bit boring honestly. The only ones I really enjoyed was the South Pacific and Alaska episodes. The behind the scenes show was also pretty good.

    I’m beginning to see the end of the line for both of these shows. Although the world’s a big place, there has to be a limit to them. I’ve been hoping for a Patagonia show from one of them and I’d love to see an Antarctica show as well. Bear’s doing a Patagonia show this season it appears.

    November 20, 2007 at 6:24 pm #11590
    FreakShow
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    Dude, I love those shows. I’d have a beer with either one of them, but I have to say that Bear has the edge. I agree with you on that.

    November 22, 2007 at 2:53 pm #11591
    Tree Top Flyer
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    I kinda like them too and DVR as I record them and watch all the episodes all the time, plus Everest: Beyond the Limit

    December 1, 2007 at 2:26 pm #11592
    Guests
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    Give it up for Bear. If were lost in the woods or I’d hit the street for Mardi Gras, it’d be with him.

    December 7, 2007 at 12:45 pm #11593
    TreeFrog
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    Bear’s the man! Anyone that does a sumersault from an airplane into the middle of the Amazon jungle gets high marks in my mind.

    December 7, 2007 at 8:18 pm #11594
    Tree Top Flyer
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    The Patagonia episode tonight was good. I’ve been dying to see either Bear or Les in this location. Next week, the Andes..oh yeah!

    December 13, 2007 at 6:48 pm #11595
    Guests
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    I’m sticking up for a fellow Canuk – aka Survivorman. He travels solo and films his own stuff. Can Bear say that? And he does a pretty damn good job for being an amateur camera man. Besides, you have to always wonder if one of those camera guys isn’t passing Bear a Snickers.

    December 14, 2007 at 9:12 pm #11596
    Tree Top Flyer
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    Guests wrote:
    I’m sticking up for a fellow Canuk – aka Survivorman. He travels solo and films his own stuff. Can Bear say that? And he does a pretty damn good job for being an amateur camera man. Besides, you have to always wonder if one of those camera guys isn’t passing Bear a Snickers.

    Right you are, I mean, it’s not like Bear’s been caught, misleading the viewers before..wait a sec. I was really disappointed by Les’ second season of Survivor man. The Labrador episode with the dog sled team was pretty boring. The Cooke Island’s episode was great however. The 2nd season just didn’t have enough shows to compete with Bear in series to series matchups. In the end, I like Les better, but he gets blown out of the water in a series to series match this go around. I’m hoping these guys have at least one more season in them.

    BTW, Everest: Beyond the Limit rocked this season!!!

    January 17, 2008 at 11:22 am #11597
    Guests
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    Bear is a GIRLY man.

    January 17, 2008 at 7:50 pm #11598
    Tree Top Flyer
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    Better watch out, he was SAS (reserves).

    February 23, 2008 at 10:42 pm #11599
    Tree Top Flyer
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    After watching all the Man Versus Wild re-edited episodes, I like them a ton more with the transparency. Now if they’d just show the Patagonia episodes a bit more rather than the stincking desert ones.

    February 27, 2008 at 11:07 am #11600
    Guests
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    They need to drop both of them in the same area and see who makes it out first. I guess Survivorman will have to loose his camera equipment though.

    March 1, 2008 at 5:20 am #11601
    Tree Top Flyer
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    That would be an interesting matchup but my money would be on Bear as he’d simply run his way out due to his superior athletic ability and his fitness. Just as long as it’s not another desert episode, ugh.

    March 4, 2008 at 7:00 pm #11602
    Found-2-Gether
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    Guests wrote:
    I’m sticking up for a fellow Canuk – aka Survivorman. He travels solo and films his own stuff. Can Bear say that? And he does a pretty damn good job for being an amateur camera man. Besides, you have to always wonder if one of those camera guys isn’t passing Bear a Snickers.

    I completely agree with this statement. All of my friends like Bear better because he’s more fun to watch, but I have to say I have learned a lot more from Les.

    March 5, 2008 at 5:50 am #11603
    andyblack
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    The way I see it, Les is more “practical,” but Bear is definately more entertaining. I think that if I found myself in a survival situation, I’d probably try to handle it more like Survivorman. In other words, I’d try to stay put, focusing on shelter, finding food and cooking it before I ate it, instead of trying to trek cross-country and eating live animals like Bear. That being said, I think that Man vs. Wild is the more entertaining and dramatic of the two shows. One thing I have noticed is that when Les Stroud eats something he’s found in the wilderness, he tastes it and makes these faces and noises that make it seem like he’s eating a gourmet meal. Bear Ghrylles, on the other hand, leaves no doubt that survival food is usually disgusting by making terrible faces and starts gagging and choking.

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